Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Okay, so preview night is not allowed to be called preview night anymore. It’s now so packed and big that it’s really just a panel-less day of the Convention.
I remember when I first came to Comic-Con in 2000 and back then Preview night was empty, a perfect opportunity to get a look at the floor, buy some stuff… you know, a nice leasurly look around the floor.
Not so anymore. It’s just as packed, if not more so, then a non-peak day.
The lines for exclusives were out of this world. The only thing I did was pick up my pre-ordered Sideshow exclusives. I still need to hit Neca, Metzco and Gentle Giant, but I don’t know when I’ll have time to do it.
So, below you’ll find what caught my eye and the eye of Kraken, my photographer. It ranges from props to posters to weird amputees selling DVDs and toys of all sorts.
It was actually pretty slim pickings this year. Nothing really stood out to me and it seemed I had seen most things before. Some of the below might be old news, some might be new news. I think they were pretty cool.
Let’s start with INDIANA JONES 4. So, Sideshow has the license, but had nothing prepared (obviously), but there was an ark set up at Hasbro with the promise of some toy prototypes coming Friday.

Also check this out… it’s a bust… I think it was from Gentle Giant. I like.

Kraken wasn't supposed to take these pictures, but he did anyway... for our Halo friends...

Of the news of the con, probably the biggest reveal was Weta’s Dr. Who line. Here are some shots:

They’re also making some high end collectibles for HELLGATE, an upcoming computer game.

Now let’s double back to Gentle Giant. They have some Potter stuff, including an upcoming Bellatrix. Check her out.

McFarlane’s booth had tons of stuff, but most of it has been seen, including Series 2 of LOST and their first Jack Bauer 24 figure (not so hot looking). However, Kraken really loved this TWISTED CHRISTMAS line…

Got some horror figures out there, too… Not really figures per se, but little dioramas…

How about some props? New Line had a big GOLDEN COMPASS booth and I grabbed a shot of the Altheometer.

There was also a case with some stuff from RE:3. Can’t say I’m looking forward to this one, but I can’t help but love me a creepy doll.

Sideshow also had this on offer. I’m sure it’s been seen already, but goddamnit… your very own Mr. T!

Yay for Lt. Ellen Ripley! Have you seen that new DirectTV commercial that takes this scene from Aliens? How badass is that? This is distributed through Sideshow.

Okay, I promised an amputee. I can’t believe Dimension found this girl to pimp GRINDHOUSE…

Wow… But I love it.
So, let’s wrap it up with some posters I saw, including the upcoming Henry Sellick/Neil Gaiman project CORALINE, Neil Marshall’s DOOMSDAY and some sweet posters for THE STRANGERS!!!

And that’s it from the floor. Sparce pickings this year so far. Some cool stuff, don’t get me wrong, but nothing super amazing.
Tomorrow promises to be a good one… Paramount (INDY 4, TREK, etc). Got 6 interviews lined up, plus panel coverage. It’ll be a fun, crazy day. Stay tuned!
-Quint
quint@aintitcool.com

This film will kick ass...Indy getting back to ARCHAEOLOGY. Arguably history's most famous archeological sites are Egypt and the Maya ruins. I'm glad we're going the latter route for IV to bring the series full circle.

this Saturday. I mean what's my excuse now that I'm on the West Coast. Until I talked to someone who works for Sideshow and has gone every year the last ten years and was informed that if I didn't feel like standing in the line that never ends simply to get into the venue, I better arrive around four o'clock in the morning. That plus a two hour drive from LA equals a big fuck that. Also since I more or less think that every big movie that is being hyped this year, save maybe Iron Man, is going to let me down and that the comic industry itself (at least Marvel and DC) have been completely taken over by worthless hacks (thanks Civil War), I suppose there really isn't a point.

OWN your ass!" So when the film gets closer to release and a battle based on more facts ensues we know whose opinion is completely fucking worthless. There is nothing thus far given anything we know about the film to make the call that it will be doing any ass owning. So let's all just sit back and wait at least until after tomorrow to start sucking Spielbergs dick.

What a disappointment. Super clichéd story, some of the worst so-called "characterisation" for years. Gee, do you think it was written by a guy? There was even a scene with them holding mugs and giggling together before things "got serious". What sort of simpleminded misogynist crap was that?? And the all-too-convenient "let's ignore troublesome plot points". Bah humbug. The only great bit was near the start where the tiny tunnel nearly collapses. I'm not claustophobic but that gave me the willies!
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Sorry for the rant. I felt so robbed by that movie and had to vent.
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Doctor Who rocks. I feel bad for those that don't "get it".
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I know this makes me the huge-est geek but pleasepleaseplease let Master Replicas get those Stormtrooper and Fett helmets out before they give up the SW licence! Fuck greedy Lucasfilm Licensing raising their rates!

himself memorized by the one-legged chick. I was beginning to feel like James Spader's character in Crash.
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The next thing you know, I'll be jerking off to those photos of Princess Diana's car crash — except that she did have the face of a drag queen.
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Now, if only the strip bars in Prague had female amputees . . . .

<p>. . . thing makes him seem JUST the guy to direct an adaptation of Marvel’s Deadpool character. But, have Tarantino do the script.</p>
<p>Plot for "Doomsday" (and, not to mention characters) sounds “Battle BeyonD the Stars”-ish.</p>
<p>That Santa with the claws and metal face is just mean; we’ll see what the guy who made that gets for Christmas.</p>
<p>Overall, Sideshow rules . . . but, Kotobukiya is king.</p>
<p>Agreed . . . “Ark” at ComicCon only helps fuels “The Return of the Ark” rumours; bad move.</p>

"Daleks, why did it have to be Daleks?" "DOC-TOR-JO-NES-DE-TECT-ED! EX-TER-MIN-ATE!" "You can't exterminate me, you need me to open the Ark of the Timelords" "DA-LEKS-DO-NOT-LIKE-DOC-TORS!
NO-TI-ME-FOR-LOV-E-DOC-TOR-JO-NES!"